Photo ID: 111855 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak (7,685ft) Boulder County, CO 125 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF After receiving a new track warrant (via PTC), BNSF 6212 is rolling toward the south siding switch of Longs Peak. The train will continue south to Broomfield where it will meet two northbounds. BNSF 5207 is the sole DPU on a northbound vehicle train currently tied down on the main at Longs Peak. The train hit a car the previous night and maintenance is working on the lead unit on the other end. Note the blue flag attached to the rail on the main. This provides "blue flag protection" for the maintenance crew, ensuring the train is not allowed to move. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111854 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak (7,685ft) Boulder County, CO 188 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The huge blades that you see on the power-generating wind mills are typically transported from the manufacturing plant to (near) their destination via rail. The rails are generally not close enough to the final destination, so the blades are usually transferred to truck. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111853 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak (7,685ft) Boulder County, CO 137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF An sole ES44AC leads a southbound "blade train" through the siding at Longs Peak. The train is meeting a unit vehicle train that is currently sitting on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111259 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clear Creek Denver, CO 133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF An SD40-2 and a GP38-2 work to switch out a string of double stack cars at BNSF's intermodal facility at Rennicks. The long stretch of cars necessitates the job pulling north onto the BNSF Front Range Subdivision alongside RTDs Pecos Junction commuter line station. While the train is technically on the mainline, this part of the mainline is still within yard limits, so no coordination with BNSF's Front Range Dispatcher is necessary. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111208 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction Denver, CO 156 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 5930 leads a coal empty across the diamond with UP's Belt Line at Utah Junction. The train is headed for the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, taking the Front Range Sub north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111148 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Looking above the nose toward the cab of BNSF 4272, you can see the damage done after a derailment on August 22, 2024. Perhaps amazingly, despite the damage and the cracked windshield, neither windshield was completed broken out. Of note, number boards definitely have LEDs lights to illuminate them at night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111147 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A detailed look at the nose of BNSF 4727, now sitting on a special flat car in the Boulder siding for transportation. You can see that the plow and the lower front of the unit, up to the anti-climber, has been ripped off and destroyed. Even part of the anti-climber has been ripped apart as well. The nose door is missing, nose headlights are gone, and there is a lot of general damage after a derailment at the south switch of Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111146 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 147 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Peeking in the window of BNSF 4727, you can see the throttle controller and (half) of the dynamic brake controller. This ES44C4 spent some time on its right side after derailing on August 22, 2024. The train it was part of struck some empty cars that had rolled out onto the main line at the south end of the Boulder siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111145 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 278 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This is a look at the 12-cylinder "GEVO" prime mover that is in every "Evolution Series" (ES44AC, ES44DC, ES44C4, etc) unit. Perhaps the most common diesel prime mover found on the rails in 2024. While the car body has been mangled in a derailment in Boulder, it is not clear from the shot if there is damage to the prime mover itself. No doubt, regardless of what happens to the overall unit, the prime mover will be salvaged, repaired (if necessary), and used again in the future. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111144 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 4272 is pretty badly mangled after having been involved in a derailment on August 22, 2024 in Boulder. The nose door is missing, as are the front railings. One question at this point is whether or not the unit is about to be taken to the shop for repair, or if it will be taken to see a torch and scrapped... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111142 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 205 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The long hood of BNSF 4272 is very clear bent after the unit derailed and fell on its side in a derailment in Boulder on August 22, 2024. The train this unit was part of collided with cars that had rolled out onto the main track from the siding at Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111141 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This is a very interesting shot looking straight down on a truck that, prior to a derailment in August, had been on BNSF 4272. I say it is interesting because it really demonstrates some of the mechanics of GE's ES44C4. The unit is a A1A-A1A unit, meaning only four of the six axles are powered. As you can see here, a traction motor is attached to the axle on the left, but the center axle is a "dummy" axle. The axle on the right, were it still intact, would also have a traction motor attached. You can also see some of the hydraulics that GE uses to slightly lift the center axle up when necessary to provide more tractive effort, the weight resting more on the powered axles. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111140 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A look at one of the trucks that had been on BNSF 4272 until a derailment at Boulder smashed things up a bit. Two of the three axles are still attached to the truck. The third was lost to the derailment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111139 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Unfortunately, derailments are a part of life for railroads. Most derailments are minor, with only a single axle or maybe a truck derailing with everything remaining upright. However, sometimes things are work. BNSF 4272 toppled onto its side when its train (a southbound intermodal train) struck cars that had rolled out onto the main track at the south switch of Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111138 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 154 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 267, an SD75M in New Image paint, is being used as power on a work/wreck train. BNSF 4272, which was involved in a derailment here at Boulder about five weeks earlier, will be transported away from the site tomorrow. The day was spent getting it off the ground and loaded on to the flat car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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